Mercury Theatre statement in response to COVID-19
The health and wellbeing of our audiences, teams and community is always our priority, and we continue to follow the advice of the government and Public Health England in these unprecedented times. Following yesterday’s government announcement regarding COVID-19, we are…
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Protest Photography Competition Announced!
To celebrate their up-coming production of Borders – an urgent, provocative play about a British photo-journalist – the Mercury Theatre are launching their first ever photography competition. The winner will receive a fully paid photography session taking the publicity images…
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Funders and Government Officials visit the Mercury Theatre Site as Countdown to the Reopening Continues
As the reopening of our theatre draws ever closer, representatives from major funders of the redevelopment project and local and national government took a tour of the site to see its progress so far. The £9.8 million Mercury Rising project…
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The Panto Diaries: Michelle Payne looks back on Cinderella
We were delighted to welcome Michelle Payne to the Mercury as Assistant Director for last year’s sparkling pantomime Cinderella; a three month placement with us through the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme. Below she takes us through her experience… …
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Cast and creatives announced for pop-up production of Borders by Henry Naylor
Taking place at The Old Library, Colchester (formerly Memoirs Restaurant and Cocktail Bar) the Mercury are thrilled to present Borders by Henry Naylor from Thursday 19 to Saturday 28 March 2020. Starring as Nameless is Lyna Dubarry, an award-winning actress…
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Become a Mercury Rising Patron today!
We’re looking for individuals, couples and families to become Mercury Rising Patrons to help us complete the final stage of Mercury Rising! With our exciting new Mercury building due to open this Autumn, we can now happily say that the…
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